Obama tries again on fiscal cliff
President Obama is still trying to negotiate an arrangement with Congress to head off or to postpone tax increases on working people and the massive cuts scheduled to begin after Jan. 1.
Progressives: No cave-in to Republican fiscal cliff demands!
With less than two weeks until the Bush tax cuts die and harsh automatic cuts to the human safety net kick in, the GOP insists Democrats agree to cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Human Rights Day demand: tax rich, jobs not cuts
She stood silhouetted against the backdrop of a holiday-lit City Hall. But she wasn't speaking of holiday celebrations.
Orlando residents demonstrate against tax cuts for rich
Progressive forces in the Orlando area held multiple actions on Dec. 10 around higher taxes for the rich and pending cuts in social benefits.
Connecticut rallies issue call to tax the rich; no cuts to Social Security
Connecticut union, retiree, community and clergy groups sent a clear message to Congress and the president in two candlelight vigils.
Missourians say "No cuts to Medicare, Social Security"
"We cannot cut our way to job creation," the Rev. Broadnax told labor and community allies here as they held a press conference out-side of the Delmar-Loop Social Security office.
“Fiscal cliff” actions urge Congress to tax rich, no cuts
The pressure for unionists to weigh in rose as the ruling House Republicans refused to budge from their stand for protecting the Bush tax cuts for the rich.
Campaign to save Social Security, Medicare from budget-cutters
Diane Fleming first encountered Social Security when she was three years old. Now she's 70, and one of hundreds of people descending on Congress.
Clergy: "Reject grand bargain, tax the rich"
Federal budget cuts will devastate social programs, "plunge communities into ruin and destruction, and cost lives."
Census Bureau: Poverty rate unchanged, health care coverage improves, income drops
AFL-CIO Pres. Trumka was not surprised by the findings, which back up the federation's emphasis on the drastic impact the recession - known as the Bush Crash - has had on workers and families.
